Barrel-shield.



No. 633,443. Patented Sept. I9, |899.

W. A. FRASIER.

BARREL SHIELD.

(Application led Dec. 15, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT EETCE..

IVILLIAM A. FRASIER, OF GUTIIRIE, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

BARREL-SH l ELD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,443, dated September 19, 1899.

Application filed December l5. 1898. Serial No. 699,372. (No model.)

T0 all whom, it nur/y concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAH A. FRASIER, residing at Guthrie, in the county of Logan and Territory of Oklahoma, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel- Shields, of which the following is a specifica tion.

My invention is an improved shield for barrels, having for an object to provide a covering for barrels for use in grocery stores and other places where merchandise is'sold from the barrel. This shield may be of tin, zinc, sheet-iron, paper, or other suitable material and maybe plated or japanned in colors and may be lettered to indicate the contents of the barrel and may be ornamented in any suitable manner.

The invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will,

be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view, and Fig. 2 a vertical longitudinal section, of my shield in use on barrels with the cover adapted for barrels containing pickles, apples, krant, or other goods not drawn by faucet or pump. Fig. 3 is a detail cross-section on about line 3 3 of Fig. l, and Fig. 3n is a detail face view. Fig. 4 is a detail section illustrating a form of lid for use on barrels containing liquid 'which may be dispensed by means of a pump or faucet, and Fig. 5 is a detail plan view of the lid shown in Fig. 4.

The shield is composed of the body A and the cover. The body A may be made by stamping or otherwise out of tin, zinc, sheetiron, paper, or other suitable material and may be conformed to the barrel around which it is fitted, as shown in Figs. l and 2, and has its edges at a secured by suitable fastenings, preferably the hooks B, pivoted at b to the body A near one edge and engaging in keepers b near the other edge of the body. lllanifestly other forms of fastening may be employed, but that shown is simple, inexpensive, easily operated, and efficient.

An opening C is formed in the body of the shield to permit the insertion of a pump or faucet for use in withdrawing the cont-ents of the barrel. This opening may be closed when desired by means of the slide O', which will be understood from Figs. 3 and 3a.

In connection with the body A, I provide a cover for the end of the barrel, which cover is provided with a flange for engaging the body of the shield, as will be understood from Figs. 2 and 4.

The construction shown in Fig. 4 is designed for use on barrels containing syrup, vinegar, oil, or other liquids, and such cover D has a depending flange D', which is flared outwardly toward its lower endcorresponding to the inward flare at the upper end of the body A, and the flange D is fitted within the upper end of the body A and is applied before the edges of said body are secured by the fastenings B. By this construction it will be seen that when the cover and body A are adjusted, as shown in Fig. 4, and the body is secured by the fastenings B the body A will secure or lock the cover in place. The lid D has an opening E for the insertion of a pump or faucet.

A slide E may be adj usted to close the opening E, as will be understood from Figs. i and 5.

The cover shown in Figs. l and 2 is designed for use on barrels containing pickles, apples, krant, or other goods not drawn by pump or faucet, and such cover includes the ring F, having inner and outer iianges F and F2 to engage, respectively, within the chime of the barrel and outside the upper end of the body A, and a lid G, which is also flanged and has its depending flange G fitting within the flange F of the ringF and its portion G2 lying in operation upon the body of the ring F, as will be understood from Fig. 2. This construction forms a neat cover for the shield and barrel, the ring F when the lid G is removed forming a cover for the space between the end of the shield-body and the barrel and producing a neat finish at all times. The lid G may be conveniently removed to permit access to the contents of the barrel.

The body of the shield and the cover may be made of wood, tin, zinc, sheetiron, or other suitable material and may be decorated vandinscribed to suit the taste of the maker or the purposes for which the improved device may be designed.

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Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-'- l. A barrel and shield comprising a barrel, the body for inelosing the barreLand the eover fitted to the end of said shield and Consisting of a ring having inner and outer flanges for engagement with the barrel and shield and a lid resting on said ring and having a depending flange tting Within the inner iiange of the said ring substantially as set forth.

2. lThe improved barrel and shield herein described comprising a barrel the body adapted to encircle and conform to a barrel and provided With an opening for the pump or faueet and with a slide to close the same When desired, fastenings by which to secure the edges of the sheet, and the cover consisting of the iianged ring, iitted to the barrel and shield and the iianged lid fitted to the fianged ring substantially as set forth.

3. A barrel and shield substantially as de-l scribed, comprising the body for inelosing the barrel, the ring fitted to said body and barrel and the lid fitted to said ring, and the barrel 'fitted Within said shield substantially as set forth.

4c. A barrel-shield comprising the body open at its ends and the cover fitting the end of the body and having a depending flange of less diameter than the end of said body, substantially as set forth.

5. The Combination of the barrel, the shield comprising the body for inelosing the barrel and the end closure iitted to the end of said body and having inner and outer flanges engaged with the barrel and shield body, substantially as set forth.

WILLIAM A. FRASIER.

XVitnesses:

E. S. REXRooD, J. STUART MCKAY. 

